Ocean 2YC: Building a Community of Oceanography Two-Year College Instructors

Ocean 2YC：建立海洋学两年制大学教师社区

• 批准号: 1252793
• 负责人: Allison Beauregard Schwartz
• 金额: $ 3.95万
• 依托单位: Northwest Florida State College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1252793&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ocean; 2YC; Building; Community; Oceanography

This award will support 18 community college oceanography faculty to attend a workshop and the 2013 national conference of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. This assembly will be an important first step in building a community of Ocean 2YC faculty, a group with no previous assemblage or identity. A session on ?Opportunities and challenges of teaching introductory oceanography to undergraduates? will be co-chaired by Jan Hodder (COSSEE-Pacific) and PI Beauregard. It will focus on effective ways to teach and assess student learning in these classes. The session is not geared specifically for two-year college faculty but would also be of interest to four-year college faculty. This may provide a nice mechanism for interaction between these groups. Additionally, Jan Hodder, Heather Macdonald, Eric Baer (Highline Community College), and Bob Blodgett (Austin Community College) will host a workshop on successful ways to prepare community college students for geoscience careers as part of their NSF-funded ?Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education (SAGE) at Community Colleges (2YC)? project. Finally, COSEE Pacific will support an evening reception for Ocean 2YC participants. The reception could include a discussion of opportunities and resources for 2YC geoscientist faculty, as well as challenges and needs specific to the Ocean 2YC community. Travel assistance will be limited to faculty who either present at the meeting or who attend the SAGE-2YC workshop. Participants in this project will receive airfare, subsistence, and registration to attend the ASLO meeting in February 2013 in New Orleans, LA.Community colleges are a critical part of our educational system, and serve almost half (or approximately 7 million) of all U.S. undergraduate students, 32% whom are under-represented minorities (National Science Foundation, 2008). Yet, community college faculties rarely have access to professional development funds that allow for national conference attendance and the critical interactions that lead to higher quality instruction (Geo2YC Workshop, 2010). Community college oceanography faculty face some startling challenges in their classrooms, including lack of access to current scientific research, lack of expensive equipment, and an extremely large range in student interest and abilities in one course section. Intellectual Merit: This project is a crucial first step, toward building an Ocean2YC community. Such a community will provide a forum for sharing ideas and strategies for teaching oceanography at two year colleges, such as innovative ideas for incorporating research into two year classrooms, teaching non-majors, and transfer issues with four year colleges.Broader Impacts: Half of all students receiving baccalaureate degrees in the U.S. attend a community college at some point in their educational career (AACC, 2012). A strong community of community college oceanography instructors to share effective teaching strategies will lead to better instruction and increased participation in the ocean sciences. Because these institutions serve a disproportionate number of minority and first generation college students, effective teaching at community colleges will have the additional benefit of increasing diversity in the ocean sciences.

这一奖项将支持18名社区大学海洋学教师参加一个研讨会和美国湖泊和海洋学会2013年全国会议。这次集会将是建立海洋2YC教员社区的重要的第一步，这个群体以前没有任何集会或身份。本科生海洋学概论教学的机遇与挑战？将由Jan Hodder(COSSEE-Pacific)和Pi Beauregate共同主持。它将集中于在这些课堂上教授和评估学生学习的有效方法。这一课程并不是专门为两年制大学教师开设的，但四年制大学教师也会感兴趣。这可能为这些群体之间的互动提供了一种很好的机制。此外，Jan Hodder，Heather Macdonald，Eric Baer(Highline社区学院)和Bob Blodgett(奥斯汀社区学院)将主持一个研讨会，讨论如何成功地为社区大学生的地球科学职业生涯做好准备，作为他们NSF资助的社区学院(2YC)支持和推进地球科学教育(SAGE)的一部分。项目。最后，COSEE Pacific将支持为Ocean 2YC参与者举办的晚间招待会。招待会可能包括讨论2YC地球科学教师的机会和资源，以及海洋2YC社区特有的挑战和需求。旅行援助将仅限于出席会议或参加SAGE-2YC研讨会的教职员工。该项目的参与者将获得机票、生活费和参加2013年2月在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行的ASLO会议的注册。社区大学是我们教育系统的重要组成部分，为近一半(或约700万)美国本科生服务，其中32%是代表不足的少数族裔(国家科学基金会，2008)。然而，社区学院的教职员工很少能够获得专业发展资金，以便参加全国会议并进行关键互动，从而获得更高质量的教学(Geo2YC研讨会，2010年)。社区大学海洋学教师在课堂上面临着一些令人震惊的挑战，包括无法接触到当前的科学研究，缺乏昂贵的设备，以及学生在一个课程部分的兴趣和能力范围极大。智力优势：这个项目是朝着建立一个海洋2YC社区迈出的关键的第一步。这样的社区将提供一个论坛，分享在两年制大学教授海洋学的想法和策略，例如将研究纳入两年制课堂的创新想法，教授非专业学生，以及与四年制大学转移问题。广泛的影响：在美国，获得学士学位的学生中，有一半在他们教育生涯的某个时候进入社区大学(AACC，2012)。一个强大的社区大学海洋学教师社区，分享有效的教学策略，将导致更好的教学和更多的海洋科学参与。由于这些机构服务于不成比例的少数族裔和第一代大学生，社区大学的有效教学将带来额外的好处，即增加海洋科学的多样性。